Nadal, Murray reach third round at US Open

Six-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, trying to complete a career Slam, and British second seed Andy Murray withstood fight backs to reach the third round at the US Open.

Spanish third seed Nadal weathered the storm to defeat Germany's Nicolas Kiefer 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The reigning

Australian Open showed no sign of the knee trouble that kept him out two months and caused him to miss Wimbledon.

Murray, last year's US Open runner-up, answered a sluggish second set by winning seven games in a row and fired 15 aces in defeating Chile's Paul Capdeville 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.

The 22-year-old Scotsman, trying to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in

1936, will play for a spot in the last 16 against 196th-ranked US wild card Taylor Dent.